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 LC    Spotted Honeyeater* Id (Atlas):
    Xanthotis polygrammus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Xanthotis polygramma [BirdLife International (2004)], Xanthotis polygramma [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Spotted Honeyeater, Spotted Xanthotis, Gray's Honeyeater, Many-spotted Honeyeater

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1861)

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Spotted Honeyeater (Xanthotis polygrammus) [XC750412]
     by id from Agogo Range, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • polygrammus (Gray, 1861)   -  Waigeo, in West Papuan Is.
  • kuehni E. J. O. Hartert, 1930   -  Misool, in West Papuan Is.
  • poikilosternos Meyer, AB, 1874   -  Salawati (in West Papuan Is), and mountains of north-western and western New Guinea (Vogelkop and eastern at least to Victor Emanuel Mts).
  • septentrionalis Mayr, 1931   -  Mountains of northern New Guinea from Mamberamo R east, including Cyclops Mts and mountains of Sepik R region, to Adelbert Mts.
  • lophotis Mayr, 1931   -  Mountains of Huon Peninsula and south-eastern New Guinea (eastern from at least Karimui).
  • candidior Mayr and Rand, 1935   -  Southern New Guinea (southern Trans-Fly region).



References
See References.


Files:
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